Senior Backend Developer

Job Description

We help the world run better

At SAP, we enable you to bring out your best. Our company culture is focused on collaboration and a shared passion to help the world run better. How? We focus every day on building the foundation for tomorrow and creating a workplace that embraces differences, values flexibility, and is aligned to our purpose-driven and future-focused work. We offer a highly collaborative, caring team environment with a strong focus on learning and development, recognition for your individual contributions, and a variety of benefit options for you to choose from.

What you’ll do:

As Senior Backend Engineer for our San Francisco-based Product Intelligence team, you will work closely with the product owner, designer and engineering team to shape the design and implementation strategies. Your responsibilities cover the entire development process from refining user stories, participating in scrum ceremonies, mentoring folks on the team, and naturally, writing and deploying enterprise-grade production code.

The backend services are written in Java, Kotlin, and Rust, but this role is to develop a new Python-based backend service. While knowledge of the other languages will be helpful, the focus for this position is to build a REST/JSON-based Python Service, including API and database schema design, which processes large scale data and uses AI/ML to analyze enterprise process data.

In this role, you will join a cross-functional team that values trust, respect, and diversity.

We are looking for people who share our passion for creating products. To thrive in this role, you are someone who appreciates close collaboration, open communication, and feedback.

Description

● Participate in the entire cycle of product development, from first ideas and brainstorming sessions to continuously delivering improvements based on customer data and feedback

● Enhancements of existing applications as well as the inception of new microservices

● Collaborate with Principal Engineers and other Lead Engineers to define long-term technical strategies in accordance with business needs

● You will mentor less-experienced peers and be mentored by more-experienced peers

● Act as functional lead for members of the Process Intelligence team by providing technical feedback, guidance, and mentoring

What you’ll bring:

● Expert experience building secure web applications with Java, Python and PostgreSQL (Kotlin a plus)

● Experience with AI/ML technologies and methodologies, specifically text analysis and LLMs a plus.

● Experience with DevOps tools and approaches

● Hands-on experience running production workloads on Kubernetes and container runtimes

● General understanding of both SaaS & On-Premise enterprise software systems like SAP

● Testing, debugging, and analysis of log files

● Minimum of 3-5 years of experience preferably in enterprise software companies

● Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or the equivalent through a combination of education and related work experience

● Strong analytical thinker who is focused on problem solving

● A team player who can work in an international team.

● Demonstrable leadership experience within an engineering environment.

● Experience with complex and data intensive applications (ideally within the BPM / Workflow domain)

● The ability to challenge existing, as well as defining new, architectural standards with senior stakeholders

Meet your team:

SAP Signavio is the leading cloud-based SaaS business transformation and process management company, founded 10 years ago, and based in Berlin. Our international expansion started in 2015 and now, we've opened offices in 10 locations worldwide. Signavio was acquired by SAP, a market leader in enterprise application software. SAP values the entrepreneurial spirit, fostering creativity and building lasting relationships with our employees. By joining this team, you will work in a startup environment as part of a small empowered product team in a startup-like environment, shaping new products and technology, that also has access to the assets of a global company.

We win with inclusion

SAP’s culture of inclusion, focus on health and well-being, and flexible working models help ensure that everyone – regardless of background – feels included and can run at their best. At SAP, we believe we are made stronger by the unique capabilities and qualities that each person brings to our company, and we invest in our employees to inspire confidence and help everyone realize their full potential. We ultimately believe in unleashing all talent and creating a better world.

SAP is committed to the values of Equal Employment Opportunity and provides accessibility accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. If you are interested in applying for employment with SAP and are in need of accommodation or special assistance to navigate our website or to complete your application, please send an e-mail with your request to Recruiting Operations Team: Careers@sap.com.

For SAP employees: Only permanent roles are eligible for the SAP Employee Referral Program, according to the eligibility rules set in the SAP Referral Policy. Specific conditions may apply for roles in Vocational Training.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, et al), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or disability, in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local legal requirements.

Compensation Range Transparency: SAP believes the value of pay transparency contributes towards an honest and supportive culture and is a significant step toward demonstrating SAP’s commitment to pay equity. SAP provides the annualized compensation range inclusive of base salary and variable incentive target for the career level applicable to the posted role. The targeted combined range for this position is 141700 - 240900(USD) USD. The actual amount to be offered to the successful candidate will be within that range, dependent upon the key aspects of each case which may include education, skills, experience, scope of the role, location, etc. as determined through the selection process. Any SAP variable incentive includes a targeted dollar amount and any actual payout amount is dependent on company and personal performance. Please reference this link for a summary of SAP benefits and eligibility requirements: SAP North America Benefits.

Requisition ID: 426925 | Work Area:Software-Design and Development | Expected Travel: 0 - 10% | Career Status: Professional | Employment Type: Regular Full Time | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid